1984 All Japan Endurance Championship

Last updated November 04, 2025

The 1984 All Japan Endurance Championship was the second season of the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The 1984 champion was the Auto Beaurex Motorsport Lotec M1C-BMW driven by Naoki Nagasaka.

Entry list

C/B

For the WEC-Japan event, JSPC teams used different car numbers to avoid conflicts with the car numbers of the entrants of the World Sportscar Championship; each car's WEC-Japan race number is displayed in tooltips.

Team	Make	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
Trust Racing Team	Porsche	Porsche 956B	Porsche 935/79 2.6 L Twin Turbo F6	1	Vern Schuppan	D	1, 3–4
					Yoshimi Katayama		1, 3
					Hans-Joachim Stuck		4
Alpha Cubic Racing Team	MCS	MCS Guppy	BMW M12/7 2.0 L I4	2	Noritake Takahara	B	1, 3–4
Alpha Cubic Racing Team	MCS	MCS Guppy	BMW M12/7 2.0 L I4	2	Chiyomi Totani	B	1, 3–4
From A Racing	Porsche	Porsche 956B	Porsche 935/79 2.6 L Twin Turbo F6	3	Jiro Yoneyama	D	3–4
From A Racing	Porsche	Porsche 956B	Porsche 935/79 2.6 L Twin Turbo F6	3	Chikage Oguchi	D	3–4
Setrab Racing by Yours	Mazda	Mazda 717C	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	7	Takashi Yorino	D	1–2
		Mazda 717C			Hideki Okada		1–2
		Mazda 727C			Takashi Yorino		3
					Hideki Okada		3
				85	Hideki Okada		4
					Masatomo Shimizu		4
					Tomohiko Tsutsumi		4
Hasemi Motorsport	Nissan	Nissan Skyline Turbo C	Nissan LZ20B 2.1 L Turbo I4	11	Masahiro Hasemi	D	3–4
					Kenji Tohira		3–4
					Yoshiyasu Tachi		3
Panasport Japan	Nissan	Nissan Panasport Turbo C	Nissan LZ20B 2.1 L Turbo I4	12	Keiji Matsumoto	B	1, 3–4
					Kenji Takahashi		1
					Osamu Nakako		3–4
Mazdaspeed	March	March 84G	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L Twin Turbo 2-rotor	17	Yoshimi Katayama	D	4
	March	March 84G	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L Twin Turbo 2-rotor	17	Takashi Yorino		4
	Mazda	Mazda 727C	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	86	Takashi Yorino		1, 4
				86	David Kennedy		4
				87	David Kennedy		4
				87	Jean-Michel Martin		4
ADVAN Nova	Porsche	Porsche 956B	Porsche 935/79 2.6 L Twin Turbo F6	18	Kunimitsu Takahashi	Y	3–4
					Kenji Takahashi		3–4
					Geoff Lees		3–4
Central 20 Racing Team	Nissan	Nissan Fairlady Z Turbo C	Nissan LZ20B 2.1 L Twin Turbo I4	20	Haruhito Yanagida	D	1, 3–4
					Takao Wada		1, 3–4
					Tomohiko Tsutsumi		3
Hoshino Racing	Nissan	Nissan Silvia Turbo C	Nissan LZ20B 2.1 L Turbo I4	23	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	B	1, 3–4
Hoshino Racing	Nissan	Nissan Silvia Turbo C	Nissan LZ20B 2.1 L Turbo I4	23	Akira Hagiwara	B	1, 3–4
Autobacs Racing with Uchida	Dome	Dome RC83 i	Ford DFL 4.0 L V8	28	Eje Elgh	D	1
					Stanley Dickens		1
					Aguri Suzuki		3–4
					Kaoru Hoshino		3
					Shinji Uchida		3
					Rupert Keegan		4
Team Taku ^{[N 1]}	MCS	MCS Guppy	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	31	Taku Akaike	B	2–3
Team Taku ^{[N 1]}	MCS	MCS Guppy	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	31	Toru Shimegi	B	2–3
XEBEC Motorsport Division	Dome	Dome RC83	Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4	35	Kiyoshi Misaki	B	4
					Kaoru Hoshino		4
					Hikaru Hagiwara		4
TOM'S	Toyota	TOM'S 84C	Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4	36	Satoru Nakajima	B	4
					Keiji Matsumoto		4
					Masanori Sekiya		4
Team Ikuzawa	Toyota	TOM'S 84C	Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4	37	Tiff Needell	D	4
Team Ikuzawa	Toyota	TOM'S 84C	Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4	37	James Weaver	D	4
Dome Motorsport	Toyota	TOM'S 84C	Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4	38	Eje Elgh	D	3–4
					Stanley Dickens		3
					Masanori Sekiya		4
Auto Beaurex Motorsport^{[N 2]}	Lotec	Lotec M1C	BMW M88 3.5 L I6	62	Naoki Nagasaka	D	All
Auto Beaurex Motorsport^{[N 2]}	Lotec	Lotec M1C	BMW M88 3.5 L I6	62	Keiichi Suzuki	D	All
Mishima Auto	MCS	MCS Guppy	BMW M12/7 2.0 L I4	74	Toru Sawada	D	4
Mishima Auto	MCS	MCS Guppy	BMW M12/7 2.0 L I4	74	Kaneyuki Okamoto	D	4
Team Iwaki	MCS	MCS Guppy	Toyota 18R-G 2.0 L I4	78	Koichi Iwaki	D	4
					Masakazu Nakamura		4
					Takashi Tosa		4

A/GTX

Team	Make	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
Mecca	West	West 83S	Subaru EA81 1.8 L F4	2	Makoto Kaneko	D	2
					Satoshi Ikezawa		2
					Matsuo Nakayama		2
Auto Kamida	West	West 83S-II	Honda EN1 1.3 L I4	3	Seiji Omura	D	1–2
Auto Kamida	West	West 83S-II	Honda EN1 1.3 L I4	3	Masaharu Kinoshita	D	1–2
Horii Racing	West	West 83S-II	Subaru EA81 1.8 L F4	5	Nobuyoshi Horii	D	1
				5	Hajime Kajiwara		1
				38	Nobuyoshi Horii		3
				38	Osamu Nakajima		3
Shinryo Yonesaka	West	West 83S-II	Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0 L I4	6	Akihiro Matsuda	D	1
Shinryo Yonesaka	West	West 83S-II	Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0 L I4	6	Michiko Hashimoto	D	1
TRS Itabashi	Mazda	Mazda RX-7 825	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	6	Tsutomu Itabashi	D	2
					Yoshimasa Matsumoto		2
					Kenichi Kaneko		2
Target Oil	Manatee	Manatee Mk.IV	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	7	Masuo Takada	Y	1
Target Oil	Manatee	Manatee Mk.IV	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	7	Hitoshi Tomita	Y	1
Yours Sport	Mazda	Mazda RX-7 254	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	8	Yoshimasa Fujiwara	D	3
				8	Masahiro Shimada		3
				9	Hironobu Tatsumi		1
				9	Sadafumi Nakajima		1
TOM'S	Toyota	Toyota Celica LB Turbo	Toyota 18R-G 2.1 L Turbo I4	9	Satoru Nakajima	B	2
		Toyota Celica LB Turbo	Toyota 18R-G 2.1 L Turbo I4	9	Masanori Sekiya		2
		Toyota Corolla Levin	Toyota 4A 1.6 L I4	26	Masami Takagi		3
					Peter Chau		3
					Masami Ishikawa		3
Hajime Oshiro	Manatee	Manatee Mk.IV	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	10	Hajime Oshiro	D	3
					Eiji Yamada		3
					Hideshi Matsuda		3
AMRC Miyakoya	Mazda	Mazda RX-7 253	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	11	Masahiro Kimoto	D	1
AMRC Miyakoya	Mazda	Mazda RX-7 253	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	11	Yasuhiro Isozaki	D	1
Daimyojin	West	West 83S-II	Subaru EA81 1.8 L F4	14	Keiichi Mizutani	D	1
			Subaru EA81 1.8 L F4	14	Hiroyuki Kondo		1
			Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	33	Keiichi Mizutani		3
					Masato Kito		3
					Hiroyuki Kondo		3
Valvoline	Manatee	Manatee Mk.IV	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	14	Tetsuya Kasai	D	3
					Shigeki Matsui		3
					Koichi Tahara		3
Capris Enterprise	Mazda	Mazda RX-7 253	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	15	Kazuyoshi Sakamoto	D	1
Capris Enterprise	Mazda	Mazda RX-7 253	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	15	Hiroshi Noda	D	1
Kansai Jukosha	West	West 83S-II	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	16	Hideki Ogawa	D	1, 3
					Shuji Fujii		1, 3
					Kenji Iya		3
				76	Hideki Ogawa		2
				76	Shuji Fujii		2
From A Racing	Mazda	Mazda RX-7 254	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	17	Jiro Yoneyama	D	1
From A Racing	Mazda	Mazda RX-7 254	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	17	Chikage Oguchi	D	1
Car Shop Kakogawa	Nissan	Nissan Sunny	Nissan A12 1.3 L I4	18	Kiyotaka Nonomura	D	1
				18	Mitsuo Yamamoto		1
				39	Kiyotaka Nonomura		2
				39	Mitsuo Yamamoto		2
Norikura	Mazda	Mazda RX-7 254	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	18	Yoshimasa Fujiwara	D	2
Norikura	Mazda	Mazda RX-7 254	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	18	Masahiro Shimada	D	2
Racing Service Showa	Nissan	Nissan Sunny	Nissan A12 1.3 L I4	21	Naoki Wakasugi	D	1
	Nissan	Nissan Sunny	Nissan A12 1.3 L I4	21	Teruki Koshino		1
	Manatee	Manatee Mk.IV	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	35	Teruki Koshino		3
					Koji Sato		3
					Yukinobu Mizutani		3
Trust Racing Team	Toyota	Toyota Celica LB Turbo	Toyota 18R-G 2.1 L Turbo I4	21	Ryusaku Hitomi	D	3
Trust Racing Team	Toyota	Toyota Celica LB Turbo	Toyota 18R-G 2.1 L Turbo I4	21	Mitsutake Koma	D	3
OlonaminC	Mazda	Mazda RX-7 254	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	22	Yoshimasa Fujiwara	D	1
OlonaminC	Mazda	Mazda RX-7 254	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	22	Masahiro Shimada	D	1
THK Bearing	West	West 83S-II	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	22	Fumiko Shinoda	D	3
THK Bearing	West	West 83S-II	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	22	Shigehito Hirabayashi	D	3
Cockpit Inazawa	Manatee	Manatee Mk.IV	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	24	Takayoshi Fukaya	B	1
Cockpit Inazawa	Manatee	Manatee Mk.IV	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	24	Koji Sato	B	1
Fuminori Shimogishi	Mazda	Mazda RX-7 253	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	25	Fuminori Shimogishi	D	3
					Zenkichi Maruko		3
					Kozo Kamata		3
Mariko Racing Team	West	West 83S-II	Subaru EA81 1.8 L F4	27	Junichi Ikura	D	1–2
Mariko Racing Team	West	West 83S-II	Subaru EA81 1.8 L F4	27	Yukio Mihagawa	D	1–2
Jonian Ogawa	Nissan	Nissan Sunny	Nissan A12 1.3 L I4	29	Hideki Iida	D	3
					Taido Hashimoto		3
					Yoshinori Sakurai		3
Hiro Racing	Hiro	Hiro HRS-1	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	30	Masashi Kitagawa	D	3
Hiro Racing	Hiro	Hiro HRS-1	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	30	Kozo Okumura	D	3
Hiro & OOE	Toyota	Toyota Starlet	Toyota 4K-E 1.3 L I4	31	Yoshimasa Nakamura	Y	1
Hiro & OOE	Toyota	Toyota Starlet	Toyota 4K-E 1.3 L I4	31	Kazuya Nishiyama	Y	1
Oguri Tekko	Nissan	Nissan Sunny	Nissan A12 1.3 L I4	32	Koichi Nishikawa	D	3
Oguri Tekko	Nissan	Nissan Sunny	Nissan A12 1.3 L I4	32	Yasumi Fukao	D	3
Taku	Mazda	Mazda RX-7 253	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	34	Kaoru Iida	D	2
Taku	Mazda	Mazda RX-7 253	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	34	Koichi Iwaki	D	2
Desbea	Mazda	Mazda RX-7 825	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	36	Masahiro Kimoto	D	3
Desbea	Mazda	Mazda RX-7 825	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	36	Norimasa Sakamoto	D	3
Reconte	Manatee	Manatee Mk.IV	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	41	Tetsuya Kasai	D	1
Reconte	Manatee	Manatee Mk.IV	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	41	Ikuji Yamamoto	D	1
Geka	Mazda	Mazda RX-7 253	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	41	Motozo Fujikawa	Y	2
					Tatsuki Yoshioka		2
					Kazuyuki Yoshizaki		2
Toda Toso	Nissan	Nissan Sunny	Nissan A12 1.3 L I4	44	Katsuhisa Toda	D	1, 3
Toda Toso	Nissan	Nissan Sunny	Nissan A12 1.3 L I4	44	Toyoaki Iwata	D	1, 3
First Morlding	Collage	Collage FM45	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	45	Makio Nonaka	D	1, 3
First Morlding	Collage	Collage FM45	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	45	Masuo Takada	D	3
Meiwa MSC	Honda	Honda Ballade Sports CR-X	Honda D16A 1.6 L I4	67	Tsuguo Ohba	B	3
					Masami Fujita		3
					Katsuaki Sato		3
Team Yamato	Honda	Honda Civic	Honda EN1 1.3 L I4	68	Ken Mizokawa	B	1, 3
					Katsuaki Sato		1
					Yoshimi Watanabe		3
					Hiroyuki Makino		3
Watanabe Jidosha	Toyota	Toyota Starlet	Toyota 4K-E 1.3 L I4	69	Satoshi Fujita	D	1, 3
Watanabe Jidosha	Toyota	Toyota Starlet	Toyota 4K-E 1.3 L I4	69	Toshio Fujimura	D	1, 3
Setrab Racing by Yours	West	West 83S-II	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	77	Shigeharu Kumakura	D	3
					Toru Hirano		3
					Masako Fujikawa		3
NEF	BMW	BMW 320i	BMW S14 2.0 L I4	80	Adrian Fu	D	3
					Michael Liu		3
					Daniel Latour		3
Top Fuel Racing	Mazda	Mazda RX-7 845	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	88	Hironobu Tatsumi	B	3
				88	Mutsuo Kazama		3
				138	Hironobu Tatsumi		4
					Mutsuo Kazama		4
					Yoshiyuki Ogura		4
Top Racing	Honda	Honda Prelude	Honda B20A 2.0 L I4	96	Hideki Ahara	D	1, 3
					Tamotsu Tomimatsu		1, 3
					Nobuyoshi Kishimoto		3
Meiju Sport	Mazda	Mazda RX-7 254i	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	135	Akio Morimoto	B	4
					Seiichi Okada		4
					Fuminori Shimogishi		4
Mazda Sport Car Club	Mazda	Mazda RX-7 254i	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	137	Iwao Sugai	D	4
Mazda Sport Car Club	Mazda	Mazda RX-7 254i	Mazda RE13B 1.3 L 2-rotor	137	Hiroshi Sugai	D	4

Schedule

All races were held in Japan.

Round	Race	Circuit	Date
1	International Suzuka 500 km	Suzuka Circuit	1 April
2	RRC Tsukuba 4 Hours	Tsukuba Circuit	1 July
3	International Suzuka 1000 km	Suzuka Circuit	30 August
4	WEC-Japan	Fuji Speedway	30 September

Season results

Season results are as follows:^[1]

Round	Circuit	Winning team
Round	Circuit	Winning drivers
1	Suzuka Circuit	#1 Trust Racing Team [ ja ] Porsche 956
1	Suzuka Circuit	Vern Schuppan Yoshimi Katayama
2	Tsukuba Circuit	#33 Team Taku Mazda 83C
2	Tsukuba Circuit	Taku Akikake Toru Shimegi
3	Suzuka Circuit Report	#19 Team Nova Porsche 956
3	Suzuka Circuit Report	Geoff Lees Kunimitsu Takahashi Kenji Takahashi
4	Mt. Fuji Report	#2 Rothmans Porsche 956
4	Mt. Fuji Report	John Watson Stefan Bellof

Point Ranking

Drivers

Rank	Drivers	Number/Team	Points	Wins
1	Naoki Nagasaka	#10 Auto Beaurex Motorsport Lotec M1C-BMW #62 Auto Beaurex Motorsport Lotec M1C-BMW #84 Auto Beaurex Motorsport Lotec M1C-BMW	48	0
2	Keiichi Suzuki		48	0
3	Vern Schuppan	#1 Trust Racing Team [ ja ] Porsche 956 #60 Trust Racing Team Porsche 956	47	1
4	Yoshimi Katayama	#1 Trust Racing Team [ ja ] Porsche 956 #17 Mazdaspeed March 84G	35	1
5	Toru Shimegi	#33 Team Taku Mazda 83C #31 Team Taku Mazda 83C #83 Shimegi Racing Team Mazda 83C	33	1

Notes

↑ Competed as #33 in Rd. 2
↑ Competed as #10 from Rd. 1–2

References

↑ "JSPC 1984". Archived from the original on 15 November 2009.

External links

1984 全日本耐久レース選手権 (in Japanese)

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[1] Competed as #33 in Rd. 2

[2] Competed as #10 from Rd. 1–2

[3] "JSPC 1984". Archived from the original on 15 November 2009.

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